The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-03

asSlomerations of officers and soldiers, harnessed
Tor war. trained for war; and exercised every
bay ba IN IN shooting at targets in order to
20 Inc better able day TO shoot
at lnenf And, as Jules Simon saws in gener
Gus but chimerical article on Disarmament"
In the roman Revue Internationale, it is not
only the bodies OF these men which are being
trained for war. but also their souls They are
taught by the veterans and by special literature
that nothing is more glorious than to kill many
enemies; they taught to despise aud
nate their neighbors across the frontier;
they are educated in ferocity and barbarity;
they are given to read a history of their coun-
legend and lie. Jules Simon does not deny
tue manly qualities which this enforced mill
Lary education of three years develops IN the
French and German men, but he cannot forges
tnat 1t also teaches contempt of ones own life
ana OF the life of others; that 1t perpetuates
na.ionai wars. keeps open abysses which ought
10 De hiled up, and subjects the intelligent minor
lty to the majority. This tithe of three
years military service. levied upon each man and
upon the finest moment of his life. is victory
or matter over mind, SAYS Jules Simon. What
Is the remedy suggested by this Liberal philoso-
pherf Partial disarmament. the diminution
or onequarter of the effective army. Consider
ing the rapid means Of mobilization available
nowadays. such a partial disarmament would
neither suppress the possibility OF war nor war
itself, inasmuch as in q week the full effective
force could be brought to the frontier On the
other hand, such partial disarmament would
restore to their families to industry and to lib
erty 100, 900 men who are now imprisoned use
iesesly In the barracks or france.
AS an illustration OF the alarm of prudent and
leyed- headed people here in Paris, note the fol-
lowing incidents: well known Partisan OF
considerable wealth asked the Rothschilds. last
week. to accept the care OF quantity of scrip.
The Rothschiids replied that they only rendered
such services to intimate friends. The Partisan
suggested that they might extend the privilege
to acquaintances like himself. No, in the
present unsettled state of France and or
Europe they could not accept the responsible
ity. One can understand that the Rotnschilds
are not sleeping beds of roses when once
week in public meetings here in Paris Louise
Michel mounts the platform to proclaim TO the
roaring mob that when the great day comes. the
first thing for the proletariar to do will be to
march against the houses of the Rothschilds
pillage them. and burn them to the ground
And the police tolerates these TRADES just as 1t
tolerates the bowling scoundrels rho promenade
up and down the boulevards selling
bloodthirstv broad sheets, ''The Expulsion of
the Jews." THE Origin of the Fortune of the
Rothschilds;" and just as it toerates that provo
cative paper La Revanche, which daily foments
hatred between France and Germany, and longs
for the day when the cry will be raised. ITO
Berlinl to Berlin!"
In view of the forthcoming trouble all the
Paris Rothschilds have had packin g-cases made
and labeled, and shaped to receive not only their
pictures and objects of art but also their
precious eighteenth century furniture. These
cases, mum bering many hundreds. stored
in the RothSchild houses IN convenient places,
so that moments notice the objects may
be packed each in its box, and conveyed to some
place of security. The house of the Baron AL
phonse de Rothschild in the Rue Saint Foren-
shutters. These precautions have actually been
taken. / have with my eyes the for
midable armor plating of the house in the Rue
Saint Florentin, and L have observed In the
workshop the manufacture of the morocco-lned
packing cases, which has now been going on for
nearly six months.